>> So I went to UC Irvine and did my bachelor degree there in Social Ecology.
I actually changed my major probably four or five times.
I didn't know what I wanted to do.
I was very confused and went through that exploration process as well as an undergrad.
I didn't go to my career center until the very last year
of my college time or my college career.
And that when I was there I was like, "Wow, I wish I did the sooner."
So graduated with a degree in social ecology.
Worked for about a year in a for-profit educational institution in afterschool tutoring.
And I realized that I really do like education and helping.
Part of my job was doing training with our part-time tutors who are college students.
And that was probably my favorite part.
And so I started looking into like, "Well, how do I work with college students?"
I did like a Google search and then eventually found, you know,
understanding that there's careers at a university.
People who are working there, you know, actually got paid to work there.
So I applied for a Masters program here at Cal State Long Beach.
I did my Masters in Counseling with an emphasis in Student Development in Higher Education.
So really focusing on learning counseling theory and then also student development theory.